Tank Leak....best case

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I came home monday exhaused after a long day at work and all I wanted to do was stare at my tank for a bit and unwind. I noticed water on my counted top and it was dripping on the floor a bit. So after soaking up the water I noticed a small leak on the front bottom of my tank. The front pane had separated from the silicone at the bottom of the tank. PANIC! ;Drowning My LFS had closed, but thank goodness the owner had given me his cell, agreed to meet me at the store and had my tank in stock. I rushed to pick up a new tank and told my wife if the whole thing explodes, grab the fish and throw them in the sump. I got back to my house with the new tank around 7:15. It took me 4 hours to take everything out of my tank, swap tanks and set up the new tank. I cleaned up and left fans and a dehmidifier running when I crawled into bed about midnight. Not the afternoon I wanted, but definetely the best case scenario if you are going to have a tank leak.

Shout out to Greg at Jackson Fish and Coral. I happy to have him and his store.

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And finally, everything set back up. I could not get the rockwork exactly like it was before, but I think I like it this way better.

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All my fish and corals seemed to make it. I lost my 6 line wrass for about 5 minutes in this process and then realized he was in one of the rocks in the sink.
 
Sucks that your tank leaked but really happy that it seemed to work out for you!
 
Nice. Good thing you were home. Seems like most times, s**t hits the fan when we're away
 
Have had three tank leaks over 30 years - which is not bad I suppose. All three started losing water within minutes of me getting home from work. I heard the tank crack on two of them. Not a sound you want to hear. I ended up working through the night into morning all three occasions and managed to get replacement tanks the next day all three times. Hellish experiences but I have always considered myself blessed that it happened when I was home. Never lost any fish or major corals - just sleep. If I had been away it would have been a catastrophe.
 

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